Shipping and migration > Indexes and passenger records

Ancestry.com - New South Wales, Australia, Departing Crew and Passenger Lists, 1816-1825, 1898-1911

This collection contains muster rolls, ship’s company, and passenger lists for vessels departing from New South Wales (also from Sydney). The muster rolls provide general information and … more

Australian National University - Australian Agricultural Company Online resources

These include:• Letters of Sir Edward Parry, Commissioner to the Australian Agricultural Company Volume 1 (1829-1832) and Volume II (1832-1834)• Baptisms at Port Stephens (1826-1830), … more

Findmypast - Deaths At Sea, 1781-1968

These records detail those who died at sea aboard British-registered vessels 1781-1968. The records may reveal where your sea-faring relatives were born and where they died, the name of the ship, and … more

Ancestry.com - Fremantle Western Australia - Passenger Arrivals Lists 1897-1963

The National Archives of Australia and Ancestry.com.au have collaborated to offer online access to the Fremantle Passenger Arrival Lists collection. Note that these records can include names of … more

Port Phillip District, Victoria, Australia

This site by Alexander Romanov-Hughes includes censuses, directories and electoral rolls for Melbourne and Port Phillip. There are also alphabetical lists of passengers arrivals to Port Phillip … more

Family History South Australia

This site by Barry Leadbeater includes a wealth of information to help you research your family history. The comprehensive range of free databases include:• South Australian Pioneer Families … more

The National Archives UK - Discovery - Online collections - Migration

Discovery holds 32+ million descriptions of records held by The National Archives and 2,500+ archives across the country. Over 9 million records are available for download from this site. Use … more

Searching the Passenger Lists in One Step - United States 1830-1912

This site by Stephen P Morse offers a one stop search 1830-1912 and includes: • 1830 to 1855: pre Castle Garden• 1855 to 1890: Castle Garden• 1890 to 1891: Barge Office• 1892 to … more

Sydney’s Female Emigration Depot 1848-1886

This online exhibition is arranged as follows:• Land of Milk & Honey• Voyage• First Arrivals• Dress• In the Depot• In the Colony• Women's Stories• … more

Archives Hub - British Women's Emigration

This site focuses on organisations created to encourage educated middle-class women to migrate to British colonies such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand or South Africa in the late 1800s-early … more

19th century South Australian shipping databases

This site by Graham Jaunay has three online databases designed for accessing details on vessels, and emigrants, arriving in South Australia. They include:• 1836 to 1840 emigrants who applied for … more

Bound for South Australia - Passenger Lists 1836-1851

Bound for South Australia by Diane Cummings. The passenger lists 1836-1851 are arranged by arrival year and alphabetically by ship name within each year. The passenger lists are presented as scanned … more

Ancestry.com - Unassisted Immigrants 1826-1922

Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1826-1922. There is a free name search with subscription, or pay to veiw options available to access the digitised records. This database covers the following … more